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'''William Lane Craig''' (born [[August 23]], [[1949]]) is a noted [[Christian]] [[apologetics|apologist]], [[theologian]], and [[philosopher]].

William Lane Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, [[California]]. Dr. Craig pursued his undergraduate studies at Wheaton College (B.A. 1971) and graduate studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.A. 1974; M.A. 1975), the [[University of Birmingham]] ([[England]]) (Ph.D. 1977), and the [[University of Munich]] (D.Theol. 1984). From 1980-86 he taught Philosophy of Religion at Trinity, during which time he and his wife Jan started their family. In 1987 they moved to [[Brussels, Belgium]], where Dr. Craig pursued research at the [[University of Louvain]] until 1994.

Craig is known for his academic and popular defenses of various doctrines of Christianity, such as the [[existence of God]] and the historicity of Jesus' death and [[resurrection]]. He is one of the main defenders of the [[kalam cosmological argument]]. Craig has also defended the [[Middle knowledge]] view of divine foreknowledge. Craig is also notable for his work in the [[Philosophy of space and time|philosophy of time]].